After the TV show Babylon 5 ended its run, the show's writer and creator (J. Michael Straczynski) created this series -- What if superheroes were real? This is the tale of what they became and what eventually lead to their downfall. This series comprises 24 issues that were broken down into three acts: Act 1 (#1-8), Act 2 (#9-16), and Act 3 (#17-24). There are also trade paperbacks that collect most of the single issue comics. Straczynski followed this series with "Midnight Nation".